“Although affirmative action opponents claim our society should be colorblind in order to “˜level the playing field,’ the dismantling of affirmative action programs did nothing but diminish the diversity of California schools.” ““ Nov. Read more...

  Hernane Tabay Tabay was an assistant Electronic Media director. He thanks all his friends and the above-average memories they gave him. He will always cherish them. Read more...

  Martin Griffin Griffin served as the 2000-2001 president of the Graduate Student Association. I went home and showered and shaved and changed clothes and began to feel clean again. Read more...

  Mindy Ross Ross was the 2000-2001 assistant photo editor. She says meat is murder! Since I was essentially forced into writing one of these columns, I don’t really feel like coming up with a clever recollection of my time at UCLA. Read more...

Politics should be separated from institutions In an ideal professional workplace, appointments, promotions, demotions, job descriptions and power structures should be free of politics. Once an act is defined as “political,” it is presumed by some no longer to be subject to integrity, law, professionalism, ethics or even basic human decency ““ because politics is considered to supersede and overrule all of these values. Read more...

  David Drucker Drucker is a history student in his final quarter at UCLA. E-mail him at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by David Drucker Something funny happened to American liberals while they were leading the nation along the road to a color-blind society: they turned around and headed back from whence they came. Read more...

  Peijean Tsai Tsai’s evil half hopes you will mindlessly conform to her opinions, while her good half wants you to submit your thoughts to [email protected]. Read more...